a thousand flowers

The really fantastic bit about running a network is that you get to meet the most extraordinary people; the open innovators, the bell cows, the people who want to learn, and explore, and share ideas, and offer their experiences, and bruises, and hopes. And so we have growing spider's web of activity and relationships across the UK, and Europe, and further afield; collaboration going live. The more ideas, and solutions, we co-create between us, the more there'll be something everyone can use to help them.

Let a thousand flowers bloom.

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We undertake research for a wide range of bodies on issues such as business engagement, visitor management, sustainable transport, destination management and increasingly on behavioural change.

Who we have worked with to date

We also receive a great number of requests for help on developing the CoaST model elsewhere. We can arrange and deliver Knowledge Transfer Visits, ambassador Business Exchanges, and one-off presentations to tourism authorities, local authorities, environmental organisations, local councillors and business networks. Areas we have worked with or are currently working with individually and with partners include Benidorm, Brittany, Cairngorms, Chester, Cumbria, Cyprus, Devon, Granada, Hidden Britain, Northern Ireland, Kent, New Forest, Northumberland, Poland, Republic of Ireland, S Downs, S Hams, Scarborough, Scilly, Suffolk, Surrey, Lancashire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and the Universities of Exeter, Plymouth and Cornwall.

Expertise we can offer

CoaST model

Business to business on -and off-line networking

Motivational input: kick-starting business engagement

Resource efficiency advice delivery

ambassador business development

Accreditation support

Visitor demand and marketing opportunities

Visitor Gifting

Recent developments in climate change, peak oil and energy security and their implications for tourism

Green Team Development

BTEC in Sustainable Tourism development

Visitor/destination management

European Charter for Sustainable Tourism application - including Strategy & Action Plan development

Triple bottom line footprinting development and give advice and support on how these activities could be tranferred to your specific circumstances, including the types of partners we work with to deliver such initiatives locally, and who your equivalents may be.

We're also involved in what's called scenario modelling, working to support a climate change and resource depletion model for Cornwall, to make sure we're fully prepared for the changes ahead.

Along with the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership, we've also secured Europarc Charter status for Cornwall, amongst other areas. Because of a nationwide rise in interest in sustainable tourism, the work we've already done with tourism operators, land managers and support agencies means the knowledge we've gained is in increasing demand.

So if you're interested in us taking on a piece of research, strategic development, or consultancy, contact us as soon as you can to make sure we can meet your timetable requirements. Our priority is to get you the help you need, so wherever possible we charge only moderate fees to cover our time and expenses, with a special discount for existing CoaST members across the UK.

How to contact us

First step: call our Director, Manda Brookman, on 01872 562 057 or email us on info@coastproject.co.uk

We'll do all we can to help.

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